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from "The Complete Guide to Sony's Alpha 100 DSLR and the Alpha Mount System"
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CHAPTER 0 - THE GOALS OF THIS EBOOK
CHAPTER 1 – THE ALPHA 100 IN A NUTSHELL INTRODUCTION MAJOR FEATURES Super SteadyShot Anti-Dust Wireless flash Dynamic Range Optimization and Zone Matching Smaller and Lighter Scene Selection Modes SOME ESSENTIAL HISTORY ABOUT SONY, MINOLTA, KONICA MINOLTA, AND CARL ZEISS LENSES Crop Factor Sony and Minolta Lens Nomenclature Frequently Asked Questions about Lenses SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2 – - THE BASIC GUIDE FOR THE IMPATIENT USER CONTROLS SHORTHAND NOTATION Power Save modes AUTO SETTING PROGRAM (“P”) MODE THE “FILM COUNTER INSTANT PLAYBACK FOCUSING BASICS How does the camera know what to focus on? The Focusing Sensors Autofocus Priority / Release Priority BATTERIES FLASH SELF-TIMER THE “RESET” FEATURE SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3 – AFTER YOU HAVE TAKEN YOUR PICTURES VIEWING YOUR PICTURES WHILE THEY’RE STILL IN THE CAMERA Deleting an image (or multiple images) Protecting an image How the Image Information is Displayed – the Display Button Other Ways to View Pictures HAVING YOUR PICTURES PRINTED AT A 1-HOUR PHOTO LAB Generating an index print Canceling DPOF files DOWNLOADING PICTURES TO YOUR COMPUTER EPILOGUE SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4 – SOME BASICS OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHUTTER SPEEDS SHUTTER PRIORITY MODE SPORTS PROGRAM MODE F/STOPS APERTURE PRIORITY MODE What you see is NOT always what you get DEPTH OF FIELD PREVIEW SO, IN SUMMARY Tradeoffs ISO– HOW SENSITIVE IS THE CAMERA TO LIGHT? EXPOSURE COMPENSATION PROGRAM SHIFT TIME EXPOSURES THE SCENE SELECTION MODES Sports Program Mode Sunset Mode Portrait Mode Macro Mode Landscape Mode Night View / Portrait Mode Summary of Scene Selection Modes SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5 – REALLY COOL ADVANCED FUNCTIONS FOCUSING MODES Single and Continuous with Subject Tracking Why Bother with Manual Focusing DMF – Direct Manual Focus SPOT METERING AND EXPOSURE LOCK Basic Exposure Lock – the AEL button Spot Metering SUPER STEADYSHOT™ WHITE BALANCE Auto White Balance Tweaking the Pre-Set White Balance White Balance Bracketing Custom White Balance The “K” setting FLASH, FILL FLASH, AND WIRELESS FLASH 1) and 2) Auto Flash and Fill Flash 3) Red-Eye Reduction Mode 4) Rear Sync Flash 5) Wireless Flash 6) and 7) ADI and Pre-Flash TTL DRIVE MODES Single-Frame Mode Continuous Advance Mode Bracketing ADVANCED TOPICS: THE HISTOGRAM DISPLAY Brightness range, sensors, and the human eye Use the Histogram for a fin(d)er degree of control DYNAMIC RANGE OPTIMIZATION COLOR / DEC: IN-CAMERA IMAGE-TWEAKING SETTINGS Color Space Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, Night View, and B&W modes Contrast Setting Saturation Setting Sharpness Setting Combining Settings Zone Matching MY PERSONAL CAMERA SETTINGS Menu Settings Function Dial Settings SUMMARY
CHAPTER 6 – THE “SECRETS” OF LIGHT AND COMPOSITION WRITING WITH LIGHT COMPOSITION – THE RULE OF THIRDS Texture Out of place shot Classical Portrait Environmental Portrait SUMMARY
CHAPTER 7 – WIRELESS FLASH INTRODUCTION HOW TO USE WIRELESS FLASH HOW DOES IT WORK Will the Pre-Flash Bursts Affect the Exposure HOW TO DO “RATIO FLASH” FOR PROFESSIONAL LIGHTING RESULTS BOUNCE FLASH LIGHT MODIFIERS MANUAL FLASH MODE (HVL-56AM ONLY) HIGH SPEED SYNCH (HSS) FLASH How to Activate HSS ANOTHER EXAMPLE EPILOGUE SUMMARY
CHAPTER 8 – DIGITAL IMAGING CONCEPTS EXPLAINED FILE FORMAT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR THE IMPATIENT READER THE CHAPTER BEGINS “WHAT’S A PIXEL? WHAT’S A MEGAPIXEL “HOW MANY MEGAPIXELS ARE ENOUGH FILE TYPES JPG Compression Artifacts IMAGE SIZE IMAGE SIZE AND RESOLUTION MEMORY CARDS Compact Flash (CF Memory Stick Flavors Memory Card Corruption Issues DUST ON THE SENSOR “HOT PIXELS” SUMMARY
CHAPTER 9 – AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PICTURE MOTION BROWSER SOFTWARE INTRODUCTION AFTER YOU INSTALL AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER YOUR IMAGES BROWSE YOUR IMAGES BASIC EDITING Rotating and Cropping Adjusting the Tone Curves and the Color Balance Sharpness PRINTING OTHER EDITING SOFTWARE RAW CONVERSION SUMMARY
CHAPTER 10 - ADDITIONAL RESOURCES INTERNET FORUMS AND DISCUSSION BOARDS THREE OUTSTANDING IMAGING MAGAZINES 25 WAYS TO “WOW!” E-BOOKLET THE FRIEDMAN ARCHIVES SEMINARS BOOKS ON PREVIOUS CAMERAS THE ROAD TO CHINA
APPENDIX A – A BRIEF HISTORY OF MINOLTA INNOVATION
APPENDIX B – A “COOKBOOK” FOR SPECIAL SHOOTING SITUATIONS INTRODUCTION FIREWORKS ARTISTIC WATERFALLS STAGE PERFORMANCES / ROCK CONCERTS NIGHTTIME TIME EXPOSURES SHOOTING IN SNOW OUTDOOR GROUP PORTRAITS STREET PHOTOGRAPHY I-DON’T-WANT-TO-TWEAK-MY-IMAGES-IN-MY-COMPUTER MODE SUNSETS AND SILHOUETTES THE MOON NIGHTTIME SPORTS CHRISTMAS LIGHTS PRODUCT SHOTS INTERIORS THAT SELL LIGHTNING CANDLELIGHT SHOTS
INDEX
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